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T. F. SUGGS MAGAZ INE CREEL Sept. 27, 1949.

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Patented Sept. 27, 1 949 MAGAZINE CREEL Thomas F. Suggs, Gastonia, N. 0., assignor to Cooker Machine and Foundry Company, Gastonia, N. 0., a corporation of North Carolina Application October 18, 1946, Serial No. 704,216

3 Claims. 1

This invention has general reference to means or equipment such as used in the textile arts for the grouped revolvable support of thread or yarn supply packages or spools for beaming or respooling, with the tail end of the thread ,or yarn of one package or spool connected or tied over to the leading end of another package or spool to speed up the beaming, re-spooling, or other associated operation.

More specifically the instant improvements relate to yarn package or cone supporting creels of the species commonly designated as vertical type magazine cone creels; such creels including multiple uprights or standards having vertically adjustable opposedly-directed horizontals affording rotary support for active and inactive pairs of packages or cones that have the tail end of the active cone tied-up orconnected to the leading end of the associated inactive cone.

Creels of the above specified type while satisfactory in many respects are disadvantageous when an active package or cone becomes exhausted, inasmuch as the operator must exercise considerable care in making the replacement, with an attendant waste of time, due to the difiiculty experienced in bringing the exhausted package or cone carrier member out into the clear where the operator can make said replacement without reaching over, fouling or entangling, any of the running threads or yarns.

The primary object of this invention is to posi tively overcome the above noted disadvantage by providing means which enable the package or cone carrier member being angularly tiltable outward relative to the associated creel section, and vice versa.

Another object of this invention is to provide I a creel in which the package or cone carrier member may be individually tipped outwards or beyond the vertical confines of the creel itself whereby said creel is rendered much easier to load.

A further object is to provide an improved creel embodying structural refinements that enable its equally successful use with either thread or yarn packages, or with cakes of delicate synthetic specific embodimentftypically illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly defined by the concluding claims.

In the drawings: 7

Fig. 1, Sheet 1, is a broken elevation showing one section of a multi-wing creel, embodying the improvements of this invention, as viewed in the direction of the angled arrows I-I in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a broken side elevation of the creel as viewed in the direction of the angled arrows at the left-hand side of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, Sheet 1, is an exploded fragmentary I perspective view of a combination pivot and allgner means hereinafter fully explained.

Fig. 4 is'a larger scale detail view of one of the package or cone carrier devices and showing an arrestor-catch in active position.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken as indicated by the angled arrows V--V in Fig. 1, but drawn to larger scale for purposes of clarity.

Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a fragmentary perspective view of one end of a swivel member later on herein fully explained; and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a catch member also later on fully described.

In describing the form of this invention exemplified by the drawings herewith, specific terms will be employed for the sake of clarity, but it is to be understood the scope of said invention is not thereby limited; each such term being intended to embrace all reasonable equivalents which perform the same function for an analogous purpose.

Referring more in detail to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the reference character 8 comprehensively designates one section of a multi-wing creel, the same comprising spaced uprights or posts 9, l0 conveniently, although not essentially, of standard tubing, adapted for fixture at their lower ends in an appropriate base-not shown. The posts9, ID are provided at the top with Ts ii for securement therein of the adjoining ends of horizontal connectors i2, whereby the several sections comprised in a two-sided creel are rigidly assembled, each such section including a pair of posts 9, ill; the former 9 of which affords adjustable support, by aid of clamp screws is, for

spaced brackets l4 each of which has a pair of aligned arms l5, that extend horizontally outwards in opposite directions and are, in turn, provided with thread or yarn guide eyes It, in accordance with known practice. On the other hand the associated post ill affords adjustable support, by aid of set-screws l3, for a series of brackets ll, corresponding numerically with the spaced pron having their terminal portions upwardly inclined to the horizontal and forked to define 26, see Fig. 6. Incidentally, at this juncture, it is to be particularly observed that the apertured central boss 23 of each swivel member 2| is provided in its under face 21 with a diametrically related concave-section groove 28, in the lengthwise median of said arm, for coaction with an arrestor or convex-rib 29 extending radially outwards from the confronting face 30 of the related bracket boss l9; whereby the respective swivel arms 2| are normally held in spacial alignment with respect to the associated bracket H, as later on herein further amplified.

Pivoted on an appropriate axis element 3|, secured through the forked terminal portions 26 thereof, is a novel holder or catch 32, see Fig. '7 to best advantage. This catch 32 embodies a block section 33, for pivotal engagement between the prong portions 26 of the swivel arm 22, by aid of the axis element 3|, being passed through a bore 34 in said section, and an angularly related claw 35 of a length to coact with, or across, the underside edges of the prong portions 26; while said block section 33 also embodies lateral projections 36 for seating on the upper edges of said prong portions, as hereinafter again referred to.

Mounted on, and rigidly attached to, the catch 32 is a suitably configured package, cone or cake, carrier member or pan 31, said pan 31 being provided with an axial stud 38 affording rotary support for the desirable adapter 39 to accommodate the package, or the like, being used in the creel 8, or in the instance under consideration said adapter is formed for the reception of active and reserve cones 40, 4|, respectively. Incidentally it is to be noted that each pair of active and reserve cones 40, 4| are respectively supported by the pans 31 at opposing inclinations to the vertical, or in convergent relation, so as to point towards the guide or bell 42 of the associated tension means 43; while it is also observable that the leading ends of the thread or yarn 44, from each active cone 40, enters the related bell 42 upwardly, while the tail end thereof is tied over, or otherwise connected, to the leading end of the reserve cone 4|, as conventionally indicated at 45 in Fig. 1. Each combination bell 42 and tensioning means 43 is conveniently, although not essentially, carried by an angle element 46 dependent from the brackets |1 hereinbefore explained.

Having described the structural arrangement of my improved magazine creel 8, it will be readily understood that as the thread or yarn 44 is drawn from any one-or all--of the inner or active packages or cones 40, the position of such cones will be substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and, as each one becomes exhausted, the tail end thereof being tied at 45 to the thread or yarn 44 of the associated or outer cone 4|, the latter will continue to feed to the bell 42 and tension means 43. When the operator sees that an active cone is exhausted by noting that the 4 feed is now from the associated reserve cone 4|, he proceeds to impart a half-turn to, or revolves the related swivel arm or member 2| about its axis pin 20, with resultant separation of the parts 28, 29 from mutual engagement or until the exhausted cone is brought directly outwards into the clear, whereupon the carrier or pan 31 is tilted over on the axis element 3| with resultant abutment of the catch claw 35 across the underside of the forks 28. In other words the movement just described results in the exhausted pan or pans 31 being temporarily arrested in the outwardly inclined position, shown at the righthand side of Fig. 1, free of the creel 8 and easily accessible for removal of the exhausted cone, or

its replacement by a fresh full one; when the operator simply rocks the replenished cone carrier or pan inwardly until the lateral projections 36 again rest or seat on the upper edges of the forks 26, and then connects the leading end of the thread or yarn thereon to that of the tail end of the now active cone 4|, all as readily understandable by those conversant with the art. It is also to be particularly noted that as each swivel arm or member 2| is turned through onehundred-and-eighty degrees the parts 28, 29 automatically become interengaged whereby said member is properly aligned with respect to the associated supporting bracket H.

From the foregoing it is thought the merits and advantages of this invention will be clearly apparent, but it is desired to herein stress the fact that by making the combination catch and pan 32, 31 tiltable it obviouslygreatly facilitates filling of the creel 8 initially, as well as the removal of exhausted packages or cones 40, 4| when making the necessary replacements as requisite. Still further it is to be remarked that with the known types of creel equipped with fixed carriers or pans, while satisfactory for handling packages and cones, they have been found unsatisfactory for dealing with cakes unless the latter have been pre-coned. In view of the growing tendency to discard this pre-coning operation and to enable placement of the cakes directly in the creel, much difilculty has been experienced,

owing to the thread of such cakes being very delicate and susceptible to damage, I have found that by making the carriers or pans 31 tiltable, as hereinbefore disclosed, so that they may be rocked outwards relative to the creel, cakes of the finest and most delicate character can be equally well handled without any liability to damage and with a considerable saving of time and overhead expense, as well as freeing them from damage incidental to handling. Finally the improved creel has been found very successful when operating from cakes of synthetic fibers, cones of synthetic fibers, cotton from cones or tubes, wool or worsted; as well as when operating with spools having metal, or smooth fiber or wood heads, andwhen drawing the yarn over the head of the spools. It is further stressed that by making the carrier pan 3'! so that it may be tipped out and away from the creel itself, ensures said creel being much more simply and expeditiously loaded.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a creel including horizontally swivelable members having forked ends for the support of thread and yarn packages or cakes, the combination of a tiltable carrier device including a claw and spaced projections coactive with the forked ends of the swivelable member, and said claw andprojections respectively limiting tilting 5 movement of the carrier in opposed directions with respect to the vertical.

2. The invention of claim 1 further including a common bearing member having terminal bosses, means whereby the swivelable members are centrally pivoted to said bosses, and means efiective to normally hold the swivelable members in alignment with the common bearing member.

3. The invention of claim 1 wherein each tiltable carrier comprises a pan for the axial support of the package or cake, wherein said pan is mounted on a supporting catch, and wherein said supporting catch is fulcrumed on an axis element intermediate the forked end portions. of the swivelable member so that the flanking projections can seat on the top edges of said forked end portions when the pan is tilted inwardly and the claw portion of the catch abuts the underside of the forked end portions when the pan is tilted outwardly clear of the creel.

THOMAS F. SUGGS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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